Like so many of us, the first thing I read on Twitter this morning was that Sleazy had passed away. Shock and disbelief doesn't really cover it. I'm just putting this post up here, as a small tribute.
Sleazy first got in touch in 2004. I received an email from him with the title 'Blatant Plagiarism!'. Sleazy explained that he had built a Coil song ('Wraiths & Strays') around a sample of one of my old tunes. To be honest, I was honoured but baffled that he'd even heard my music, let alone sampled it. He made it clear that he wanted to come to an agreement about the sample. We stayed in touch via email for about a year, until I left the label I was with at the time.
Recently we got in touch with each other again. As ever, he was full of compliments, kindness and wise words. I had an email from him two weeks ago, which contained some particularly good advice and inspiration; advice that I've thought about over and over, since.
I'm gutted to hear of his passing. RIP Sleazy.
- Jb.
R.I.P. :(
ReplyDeleteVery sad that Sleazy's gone. Listening to Love's Secret Domain now which is one of my favorite album ever.
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